This work reviews friction stir processing (FSP), which is a prominent severe plastic
deformation technique used to improve materials behaviors through grain refinement …

Due to their high strength, high toughness, and corrosion resistance, high-strength
aluminum alloys have attracted great scientific and technological attention in the fields of …

The effect of equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at different temperatures (room
temperature, 120, 150 and 180° C) on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-7075 …

Composite micro-alloying is an important technique for developing cost-effective, high-
performance aluminum alloys. Here, the effect of combined addition of Zr, Ti and rare-earth …

In order to examine the combined effect of plastic deformation and aging process, the Al
7075 alloy was subjected to equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) deformation by route …

The variations of coarse intermetallic particles in hot-extruded 7055 aluminum alloys with
0.041 wt% Fe and 0.024 wt% Si increasing to 0.272 wt% Fe and 0.134 wt% Si were …

Billets of pure Mg were processed using two ECAP dies with internal channel angle of 90°
and 120° for 4-passes of route Bc at 225° C. Finite element analysis was used to investigate …

By using standard melting casting, homogenization, extrusion, solid solution, and T6 aging,
an Al-11Zn-3.1 Mg-1.2 Cu-0.2 Zr-0.16 Ti alloy was created, and the microstructure and …

Multi directional forging (MDF) is one of the severe plastic deformation methods utilized for
production of ultrafine grained materials with improved mechanical properties. The main …

In this study, a quantitative evaluation approach was used to investigate how certain ECAP
processing parameters affect the microstructural evolution, Vicker's microhardness values …